Main event of the decade

Профессиональная ПсихотераПевтическая Газета  иЮль–2013 

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Abraham Maslow once called Transpersonal Psychology the fourth 

power within the array of approaches to understand the human psyche: 

psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanistic psychology and transpersonal 

psychology. The name “transpersonal psychology” was created by a 

working group: Abraham Maslow; Stanislav Grof, Anthony Sutich; they first 

considered the name “trans-humanistic psychology” but then decided for 

“transpersonal”. Since that time there is a discussion among psychologists 

and psychotherapists about the legitimacy of this approach, about its 

originality, independency and scientific validation. Some humanistic 

oriented psychologists and psychotherapists regarded Maslow’s new ideas 

as a betrayal against the integrity of Gestalt principles. It was said that 

transpersonal psychotherapy would replace the emancipatory character 

of Gestalt through ideological pre-settings. Currently, there is a strong 

discussion within the transpersonal psychology to replace the word 

“transpersonal” by “psychology of consciousness”.

This lecture will show original aspects of transpersonal psychology, it will 

strengthen the place as “fourth power”: its independency, and the possibility 

of its scientific and spiritual validation.

COMPUTEr ADDICTION: DEVELOPMENT, DIAgNOsTICs, 

APPrOACHEs TO TrEATMENT AND PrEVENTION 

Vlada Titova – Ph.D., assistant professor of psychosomatic and psychotherapy, 

St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, psychotherapist European 

Registry, member of the PPL, author and anchorman of psychotherapeutic 

programs on TV 100. Russia, St. Petersburg.

EMOTION-IMAgE THErAPy As A METHOD OF A DIALOgUE 

WITH AN UNCONsCIOUs NATUrE OF A HUMAN 

Nikolay Linde – the author of Emotion-Image Therapy, Head of the Emotion-

Image Therapy department, Cand. Sc. (Psychology), professor of Moscow Institute 

of Psychoanalytic Therapy, an academician of the Professional Psychotherapeutic 

League, President of Linde N.D. Emotion-Image Therapy Center. Russia, Moscow.

The Report is dedicated to some particularities of Emotion-Image 

Therapy (EIT) that allow achieving the fast and sustainable results when 

analyzing the unconscious world of the client and correcting the impacts 

on the pathogenic emotional state. The Report gives practical samples and 

comments, explaining the effects. 

NEUrOLINgUIsTIC PsyCHOTHErAPy AND EAsTErN VErsION 

OF NLP IN rUssIA AND ABrOAD: OPPOrTUNITIEs AND 

PrOsPECTs

sergey Kovalev – Psychologist, Psychotherapist, management consultant, 

political consultant. Doctorate in Psychology, Ph.D., professor. Psychotherapist 

enrolled in World and European registers. Director General, The Institute of 

Innovative Psychotechnologies, Research Supervisor of the Center for Practical 

Psychotherapy. Convenor of the ‘Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy and Eastern 

Version of NLP (EVN)’ symposium. Russia, Moscow.

The speech is devoted to the formation and development of neurolinguistic 

psychotherapy and the Eastern version of NLP as modalities and methods 

of a person-centered psychotherapy. The author sets out the methodology 

of this application-oriented field of psychology in the context of the 

instrumental (neurotransforming), intentional (Eastern version of NLP) and 

semantic (existential programming) levels of its representation. The concepts, 

models and methods that have been created within the framework of NLPt 

and EVN in recent years are described. The system of therapist training 

within these modalities and methods that includes the levels of Practitioner, 

Specialist and Master is presented. There is discussion of the focus area 

and peculiarities of the Institute of Innovative and Psychotechnologies 

and the Center for Practical Psychotherapy work on implementing and 

using neurolinguistic psychotherapy and Eastern version of NLP to provide 

psychotherapeutic care. The necessity and potential of non-standard – group, 

mass, and interactive – forms of community outreach, including those with 

the use of the Internet and social networks, are substantiated.

LANgUAgE IN PsyCHOTHErAPy

sayyed Mohsen Fatemi – Ph.D., Ph.D., post doctoral and Teaching Fellow at Harvard 

University, department of Psychology, lecturer in Psychology, University of Toronto, 

department of Psychology, expert in areas of social and cross cultural psychology. 

This paper will focus on language and its creational power for 

psychotherpay. The panel will discuss how language can create realities for 

both psychotherapists and clients. In view of understanding language as a 

way of living, the panel will present the ontological implications of language 

for psychotherapy and will explicate how language can appear as a barrier 

or a facilitator in psychotherapeutic contexts. The panel will introduce key 

elements of a proactive language in establishing rapport in the process of 

psychotherapy. The panel will also focus on empowering and disempowering 

language and their implications for psychotherapy.

THE COrE COMPETENCIEs OF A EUrOPEAN 

PsyCHOTHErAPIsT

Courtenay young – lead writer for the EAP Project to Establish the Professional 

Competencies of a European Psychotherapist, member of European Association 

of Psychotherapy. Scotalnd.

This paper (+ projector overheads) – describes the development and the 

result of the EAP’s Project to Establish the Professional Competencies of a 

European Psychotherapist. It outlines what these competencies are; how they 

were achieved and what further stages of the Project might be.

Further details are on the Project website: www.psychotherapy-

competency.eu 

IT Is THE TIME TO gATHEr sOME sTONEs

Ivan Kirillov – MD, PhD, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Coordinator of the 

Moscow Center of Positive Psychotherapy, Member of the Editorial Board of 

the International Journal of Psychotherapy (IJP), Creator and owner of Stress 

Surfing. Russia, Moscow.

My teacher Nossrat Pseschkian used to say: «The one, who works alone, 

adds, and those working together are multiply.»

I welcome you who come here to learn from each other to provide better 

help to those who need it.

The influence on modern psychotherapy of positive and Transcultural 

approaches proposed Nossratom Pezeshkianom in 1968 is well known and 

appreciated. His model of balance and ways of using metaphors, stories and 

humor in psychotherapy are widely used all over the world.

Today I am pleased to discuss with you such important questions as:

•  Optimization of the diagnostic procedure and

•  Optimization of the treatment planning 

I also happy to share with you simple and elegant answers to these 

questions, offered by the Positive Psychotherapy.

NEUrOsCIENCE AND PsyCHOTHErAPy: THEOrETICAL 

MODELs AND CLINICAL PrACTICE

Alessandro Meluzzi – Medical Doctor Surgeon, specialist in Psychiatry, 

Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist. Professor of forensic psychiatry, 

Master Course in Criminology «La Sapienza University» of Rome. Professor of 

Communication and Psychiatry at «University of Cagliari». Italy, Torino.

JULY 6, 10.00 – 20.00 

HALL «SURIKOV»

PsyCHOTHErAPEUTIC COMMUNITy: MyTHs AND rEALITy 

sergey Babin

sofiya sluchevskaya 

THE DIVErsITy OF CLIENT-CENTErED PrACTICEs

Alexander Kocharyan – Doctor of Psychology, professor; head of psychological 

counseling and psychotherapy in V.N. Karazin Kharkov National University, 

director of Ukrainian Institute of client-centered and experimental psychotherapy; 

Member of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP), official instructor 

of the PPL international class, accredited supervisor in the modality of «client-

centered psychotherapy»; head of modality of «client-centered psychotherapy” 

PPL. Ukraine, Kharkiv.

Attempts to reduce client-centered psychotherapy to the only correct 

«clean» form, which supposedly Rogers discussed, seemed not only 

theoretically and practically unnecessary, but actually harmful. You can 

imagine the evolution of psychotherapeutic practice by the Rogers 

as transition from escorts in issue (Rogers-1) through non-directive 

psychotherapy to supporting deep feelings (Rogers-2) in the client-

centered psychotherapy. This transformation essentially changes the 

technology of approach, attitude towards technology and the level of 

psychotherapeutic work (from the words into «behind the words»), and 

theoretical understanding of sanogenic and developmental mechanisms. 

There is experience in center: traumatic experience is significantly deformed 

(fixed, has lost its transition from of fluidity, its various pieces «stuck 

together» to form a monistic unit), and the task of psychotherapy is going 

beyond the typical traumatic experiences, making it a «unlaced», breaking up 

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